the Eupalinian aqueduct , Samos Island Samos , in one of the most spacious parts of it The Tunnel of Eupalinos or Eupalinian aqueduct Lang ell Efpalinio orygma , is a tunnel of convert ..., two groups working under the direction of the engineer Eupalinos from Megara dug a tunnel through ... jstor 229240 cite journal first B. L. last Van der Waerden title Eupalinos and His Tunnel journal Isis ... The Tunnel of Eupalinos http www.mlahanas.de Greeks Eupalinos.htm Michael Lahanas The EupalinosTunnel ... M. Apostol The Tunnel of Samos commons category Tunnel of Efpalinos DEFAULTSORT Tunnel Of Eupalinos ... Tunnels in Greece de Tunnel des Eupalinos el es T nel de Eupalinos fr Tunnel d ... sv Eupalinostunnel uk ... as an aqueduct . The tunnel is the second known tunnel in history which was excavated from both ... approach in doing so. ref The oldest known tunnel, at which two teams advanced simultaneously was Hezekiah tunnel Hezekiah s tunnel in Jerusalem, completed around 700 BC. It was dug by maintaining depths ... first2 Aryeh title Tunnel engineering in the Iron Age Geoarchaeology of the Siloam Tunnel, Jerusalem ... of this work was a Megarian, Eupalinos the son of Naustrophos. This is one of the three Description The tunnel took water from an inland Spring hydrosphere spring , which was roofed over and thus ... to the northern tunnel mouth. A similar hidden channel, buried just below the surface of the ground ... to it by shafts or by a trench. The southern half of the tunnel was dug to a larger dimensions ... techniques . Surveying techniques The method Eupalinos employed to make the two groups meet ... the digging, Eupalinos used what are now well known principles of geometry , which were codified ... aqueduct is famous today as one of the masterpieces of ancient engineering. Eupalinos was aware that mistakes ... lines never meet, Eupalinos recognized that a mistake of more than convert spell 2 m ft horizontally ... more details
File Tunnel of Eupalinos.jpg thumb Tunnel of Eupalinos File Aqueduct of Eupalinos.jpg thumb Entrance of tunnelEupalinos lang grc or Eupalinus of Megara was an ancient Greek engineer who built the Tunnel of Eupalinos on Samos Island in the 6th century BC. The tunnel, presumably completed between 550 and 530 BC, ref Harry B. Evans, Review of Hermann Kienast, p.150 ref is the second known tunnel ..., passing through limestone at the base of a hill this tunnel still exists. The Greek historian Herodotus describes the tunnel briefly in his Histories Herodotus Histories 3.60 and calls Eupalinos ..., p.33 ref A large road tunnel , named after Eupalinos has been recently built under the Geraneia ... and Corinth . Eupalinostunnel is the longest of three subsequent tunnels of the same width at this expressway ... External links http homepages.cwi.nl aeb math samos Dan Hughes The Tunnel of Eupalinos http ... so. ref The oldest known tunnel which was dug by two teams from opposite ends was Hezekiah tunnel Hezekiah s tunnel in Jerusalem, completed around 700 BC. However, numerous false starts in wrong directions, which took the tunnel convert 1500 ft m to cover a distance of convert 1000 ft m , indicate ... an underground watercourse Apostel 33 . ref Being also the longest tunnel of its time, the Tunnel of Eupalinos is regarded as a major feat of ancient engineering. It was constructed for the tyrant ... are the three greatest works ergasmata of all the Greeks. One is a tunnel orygma amphistomon through the base of a nine hundred foot high mountain. The tunnel s length is seven stades, its height and length ... an abundant spring. The builder architekton of the tunnel was the Megarian Eupalinus, son of Maustrophus. Eupalinos is supposed to be the first Hydraulic engineering hydraulic engineer in history whose ... journal last Apostel first Tom year 2004 title The Tunnel of Samos url http calteches.library.caltech.edu ... last Burns first Alfred year 1971 title The Tunnel of Eupalinus and the Tunnel Problem of Hero of Alexandria ... more details
Eupalinos of Megara . Eupalinos organised the work so that the tunnel was begun from both sides of Mount ... Eupalinostunnel . The Via Flaminia , an important Roman road , penetrated the Furlo pass in the Apennines ...About underground passages Image Heatpipe tunnel copenhagen 2009.jpg right thumb 350px Underground tunnel ... side of Zhongxiao Xinsheng Station.JPG thumb right 350px Underground railway tunnel on the Taipei Metro in Taiwan . File Tunnel formwork.jpg thumb right 350px Coal tunnel under construction using handset aluminum concrete forms. A tunnel is an underground passageway, completely enclosed except for openings for ingress and egress, commonly at each end. A tunnel may be for foot or vehicular road traffic ... Chi Tunnels or the Smuggling tunnel Smuggling tunnels in Rafah, Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels ... tunnel or other underpass beneath a road is called a underpass Subway underpass subway . In the United ... or by foot bridge s. Usage limitations A tunnel is relatively long and narrow in general the length is more usually much more than twice the diameter. Some hold a tunnel to be at least convert 0.160 ... , Japan is convert 0.130 km mi abbr on adj mid long and so might not be considered a tunnel. Geotechnical investigation Main Geotechnical investigation A tunnel project must start with a comprehensive .... This may be a particular concern in large diameter tunnels. To give more information a pilot tunnel, or drift, may be driven ahead of the main drive. This smaller diameter tunnel will be easier to support should unexpected conditions be met, and will be incorporated in the final tunnel. Alternatively, horizontal boreholes may sometimes be drilled ahead of the advancing tunnel face. Construction ... soft clay to hard rock. The method of tunnel construction depends on such factors as the ground conditions, the ground water conditions, the length and diameter of the tunnel drive, the depth of the tunnel, the logistics of supporting the tunnel excavation, the final use and shape of the tunnel ... more details
Tunnel of Eupalinos , 6th century BC tunnel on Samos, Greece Warren s Shaft Notes Reflist References ...File Siloam81.jpg thumb 250px Hezekiah s tunnel 2010 Image Shiloach.jpg thumb right 250px Siloam Inscription File Siloam11.jpg thumb 250px Copy of the Inscription, placed in Hezekiah s Tunnel 2010 Hezekiah s Tunnel , or the Siloam Tunnel lang he , Nikbat HaShiloah is a tunnel that was dug underneath the City of David in Jerusalem before 701 BC during the reign of Hezekiah of Judah. The tunnel ... straight down on the west to the City of David bibleverse 2 Chronicles 32 HE . The tunnel has been securely ... first Amos last2 Shimron first2 Aryeh title Tunnel engineering in the Iron Age Geoarchaeology of the Siloam Tunnel, Jerusalem journal Journal of Archaeological Science volume 33 issue 2 year 2006 pages ... in the world that the public can not only visit, but enter and walk through. The tunnel, leading from ... tunnel is 533 m long, and by using a 30 cm 0.6 gradient altitude difference between each end, conveyed water along its length from the spring to the pool. According to the Siloam inscription, the tunnel was excavated by two teams, one starting at each end of the tunnel and then meeting in the middle ... than this. It is clear from the tunnel itself that several directional errors were made during ... has discredited the idea that the tunnel may have been formed by substantially widening a pre ... were then hidden in the foliage . It is narrower than the tunnel, but can still be walked by a human ... s tunnel was constructed to replace this channel, since a besieging army could fairly easily have discovered and destroyed the Middle Bronze Age Channel. Hezekiah s tunnel, discovered in 1838 by the American ... from end to end. The Bible verses relating to Hezekiah s tunnel are these blockquote As for the other events of Hezekiah s reign, all his achievements and how he made the pool and the tunnel by which ... 30 2 Chronicles 32 30 cite blockquote Doubts over dating Excavation work in the tunnel by Ronny Reich ... more details
Port Tunnel may refer to Dublin Port Tunnel , a tunnel in Ireland Port of Miami Tunnel , also referred to as the Miami Port Tunnel , an under construction tunnel in Florida Disambiguation ... more details
Tunnel Hill may refer to Tunnel Hill, Georgia , USA Tunnel Hill, Illinois , USA Tunnel Hill, Ohio , USA Tunnelhill, Pennsylvania , USA Tunnel Hill, Worcestershire, England See also Tunnel disambiguation Hill disambiguation geodis de Tunnel Hill vo Tunnel Hill ... more details
City Tunnell may refer to City Tunnel Malm , a railway tunnel in Sweden Cross City Tunnel , a road tunnel in Sydney, Australia Frankfurt City Tunnel , a railway tunnel in Germany Offenbach City Tunnel , a railway tunnel in Germany disambig ... more details
Harbor Tunnel has the following meanings Baltimore Harbor Tunnel and the Harbor Tunnel Thruway that feeds it Cross Harbor Rail Tunnel in New York Harbor Third Harbor Tunnel in Boston Harbor Disambig ... more details
Karawanken Tunnel or Karavanke Tunnel may refer to two tunnels connecting Austria and Slovenia under the Karawanken lang sl Karavanke mountain range Karawanken Tunnel motorway , a 7864 metre long motorway tunnel, completed in 1991 Karawanken Tunnel railway , a 7976 metre long railway tunnel, completed in 1906 disambig ... more details
The Midtown Tunnel may refer to Queens Midtown Tunnel a tunnel in New York City linking the boroughs of Queens and Manhattan Midtown Tunnel Virginia a tunnel in Virginia linking the cities of Portsmouth and Norfolk See also Midtown disambiguation Tunnel disambiguation disambig ... more details
About the Tunnel Bend tunnel on the Goulburn River the Tunnel Bend tunnel on the Howqua River Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel, Howqua River The Tunnel Bend diversion tunnel is located at Tunnel Bend, on the Goulburn River Victoria Goulburn River , approximately 15 km north of Gaffneys Creek, Victoria Gaffneys Creek , Victoria Australia Victoria , Australia . The tunnel is approximately 3 metres wide and 2 metres high and 200 metres long through stable rock. It is dry during periods of low river flow, and appears quite safe to walk through. ref name VHD The tunnel was constructed by the Goulburn Valley Sluicing Co. in 1866, during the Victorian gold rush , to divert the river flow and enable the working of the bed for alluvial gold. Floods the following year injured the company s works. They planned to rebuild and resume operations when the flooding subsided, but there is no evidence that this happened. ref Citation title Historic Gold Mining Sites in the North East Region of Victoria, Gazetteer State & Regional Significant Sites work Victorian Goldfields Project publisher Department of Natural Resources and Environment date July 1999 url http www.dpcd.vic.gov.au data assets pdf file 0003 44526 ntheastregion1.pdf archiveurl http www.webcitation.org 5x1z2ZbIF archivedate 2011 03 08 ref The site is listed in the Victorian Heritage Inventory . ref name VHD Citation title Tunnel Bend Stream Diversion Tunnel Heritage Inventory HI Number H8123 0023 work Victorian Heritage Database publisher Heritage Victoria url http vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au places result detail 11639?print true accessdate 2010 09 13 ref References Reflist coord 37 22 53 S 146 13 18 E region AU VIC type landmark display title Category Victorian gold rush river diversions VictoriaAU geo stub ... more details
unreferenced date August 2010 File Tunnel austria styria plabutsch.jpg thumb right Southern entrance of the Plabutsch tunnel The Plabutsch Tunnel is an approximately 10 km long east tunnel 9919m, west tunnel 10,085m road tunnel west side of Graz , Austria . coord missing Austria Category Tunnels in Austria Category Roads in Austria Category Tunnels completed in 1987 Europe tunnel stub Austria transport stub cs Tunel Plabutsch de Plabutschtunnel it Tunnel Plabutsch ... more details
Tunnel of Death or Death Tunnel may refer to Places Lefortovo tunnel , Moscow, Russia Tunnel de la mort , Montreal, Canada Apennine Tunnel of the Bologna Florence railway line Michigan Central Railway Tunnel , linking Detroit, USA and Windsor, Canada An entrance tunnel at Waverly Hills Sanatorium , Louisville, USA, used to transport the dead Entertainment Death Tunnel , a 2005 US horror film The Tunnel of Death , a locked room mystery story by Paul Halter The Tunnel of Death , an episode of the 1935 film serial, The Lost City 1935 serial The Lost City Tunnel of Death , a mission in the video game Grand Theft Auto IV Tunnel of Death , an episode of the TV series Adam Adamant Lives See also Death disambiguation Tunnel disambiguation Tunnel of light , near death experience element disambiguation ... more details
Victoria Tunnel may refer to Victoria Tunnel Liverpool , England Victoria Tunnel Newcastle , England Victoria Tunnel, Queensland , Australia Mount Victoria Tunnel , Wellington, New Zealand geodis Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages ... more details
Wiktionary tunnel TOCright A tunnel is an underground passage such as columns list 2 Bridge tunnel Canal tunnel Escape tunnel Immersed tunnel Ley tunnel Pedestrian tunnel disambiguation Secret tunnel Shark tunnel Ski tunnel Smuggling tunnel Submerged floating tunnel Toll tunnel Undersea tunnel Water tunnel disambiguation Tunnel or Tunnels may also refer to columns list 2 Tunnel boom , phenomenon similar to a sonic boom but when a high speed train enters a tunnelTunnel effect , in experimental psychology Tunnel ionization , in atomic physics Tunnel junction , in quantum tunneling Tunnel running , recreational motor vehicle activity Tunnel vault , architectural element Tunnel vision , loss of peripheral vision Tunnel warfare , type of warfare in tunnels Flesh tunnel , a type of body piercing jewelry Inflatable tunnel , in advertising Pincushion distortion , an optical tunnel effect Reality tunnel , in pop psychology Sales tunnel , in sales and marketing Technology columns list 2 High tunnel , type of greenflaps HTTP tunnel , ICMP tunnel , and IP tunnel , in computer networking Shrink tunnel or heat tunnel , in packaging Tunnel broker , in computer networking Tunnel diode , electrical component Tunnel fin , surfboard fin Tunnel hull , boat hull Tunnel magnetoresistance , electromagnetic effect Tunnel motor disambiguation , diesel locomotives Tunnel transmitter , in wireless communication Tunnel washer , industrial laundry Utility tunnel Wind tunnel , a tool used for testing the effects of wind on objects Entertainment columns list 2 Tunnel New York nightclub , defunct nightclub in New York City, U.S. Tunnel Russian nightclub , nightclub in St. Petersburg, Russia Tunnels owarai , Japanese comedy duo The Time Tunnel , 1966 7 American science fiction television series Tunnel Runner , 1983 Atari 2600 video game Tunnels & Trolls , 1975 fantasy roleplaying game Am Tunnel , contemporary art gallery in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg Tunnel B1 , sci fi first person shooter video game ... more details
Elbe tunnel commonly refers to Elbe Tunnel 1975 in Hamburg, which is part of Bundesautobahn 7. Elbe Tunnel 1911 in Hamburg, which connects St. Pauli and Steinwerder. It may also refer to A tunnel projected near Gl ckstadt, which will be part of Bundesautobahn 20 . A tunnel proposed as an alternative to the disputed Dresden Waldschl sschen Bridge . disambig de Elbtunnel fr Tunnel sous l Elbe sv Elbtunnel is about Elbe Tunnel 1975 ... more details
Rainbow tunnel may refer to The Waldo Tunnel in Marin County, California The Light Tunnel in the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport Edward H. McNamara Terminal McNamara Terminal at the Detroit Metro Airport disambig ... more details
Tunnel of love may refer to Tunnel of love ride , an amusement park boat ride The Tunnel of Love , a 1958 film starring Doris Day The Tunnel of Love , a 1954 novel by Peter De Vries The Tunnel of Love , a 1957 Broadway play by De Vries and Joseph Fields basis for the film In music Tunnel of Love Dire Straits song Tunnel of Love Dire Straits song , a 1980 Dire Straits song Tunnel of Love album Tunnel of Love album , a 1987 Bruce Springsteen album Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen song Tunnel of Love Bruce Springsteen song , title song from the album Tunnel of Love EP Tunnel of Love EP , a 1996 EP by Insane Clown Posse The Tunnel of Love , a 1983 song by Fun Boy Three from Waiting Fun Boy Three album Waiting Tunnel of Love , a 2000 song by Westlife, a B side of the single Fool Again disambig it Tunnel of Love ru Tunnel of love ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 A toll tunnel is a special road tunnel whose construction and or maintenance costs are in part recouped through a toll road usage toll charged for passing through it. In some instances, tolls have been removed after retirement of the toll revenue bond s issued to raise ... information. List of toll tunnels United States Brooklyn Battery Tunnel , New York City Queens Midtown Tunnel , New York City Holland Tunnel , New Jersey to New York City Lincoln Tunnel , New Jersey to New York City Detroit Windsor Tunnel , Detroit, Michigan to Windsor, Ontario Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel , Virginia Fort McHenry Tunnel , Baltimore, Maryland Harbor Tunnel Thruway , Baltimore, Maryland Sumner Tunnel westbound only eastbound Callahan Tunnel is not tolled Ted Williams Tunnel westbound ... Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel , between Hampton, Virginia Hampton and Norfolk, Virginia Downtown Tunnel Elizabeth River Downtown Tunnel , between Portsmouth, Virginia Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia new tolls proposed to fund Midtown Tunnel expansion South Africa Huguenot Tunnel , South Africa United Kingdom Queensway Tunnel , Birkenhead to Liverpool Kingsway Tunnel , Wallasey to Liverpool Dartford Crossing , Kent to Essex Tyne Tunnel , North Shields to South Shields Severn Bridge Severn road ... M4 and M48 motorway M48 Motorway motorways . Ireland Dublin Port Tunnel , Dublin Limerick Tunnel , Limerick Belgium Liefkenshoek Tunnel , Antwerp Netherlands Western Scheldt Tunnel , Terneuzen to Ellewoutsdijk Kiltunnel , Dordrecht Tolls removed Beneluxtunnel , Rotterdam Former Yugoslavia U ka Tunnel , Croatia Sozina tunnel , Montenegro Germany Alter Elbtunnel , Hamburg , Germany Malaysia SMART Tunnel Stormwater Management and Road Tunnel SMART Tunnel , Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia Hong Kong, China Cross Harbour Tunnel , Kowloon to Victoria, Hong Kong Victoria City , Hong Kong incomplete list date February 2011 DEFAULTSORT Toll Tunnel Category Toll tunnels ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 The Penchala Tunnel is the widest highway tunnel in Malaysia . This 700 metre tunnel, located on the Sprint Expressway Sprint Expressway s Penchala Link, connects Sungai Penchala to Mont Kiara in the Klang Valley . Unlike other highway tunnel s in Malaysia which used tunnel boring machine s during construction, the Penchala Tunnel was bored by using the slower drilling and blasting rock explosion method, due to unstable rock condition limestones at the tunnel site which prevented the concessionaire company to use the faster tunnel boring machine method. Coord missing Malaysia Category Tunnels in Malaysia Malaysia struct stub Malaysia transport stub ... more details
The following tunnels are named the Airport Tunnel Kai Tak Tunnel Airport Tunnel Hong Kong , since renamed as the Kai Tak Tunnel Airport Tunnel Las Vegas between Paradise Road and the Airport Connector unsigned Nevada State Route 171 NV 171 Airport Tunnel Los Angeles on Sepulveda Boulevard California State Route 1 CA 1 dab ... more details
wikt Water tunnel may refer to Water tunnel physical infrastructure , a tunnel used to transport water, typically underground Qanat water management system Water tunnel hydrodynamic , an experimental facility used for testing the hydrodynamic behavior of submerged bodies in flowing water, similar to a wind tunnel See also Water disambiguation Tunnel disambiguation disambig ... more details
Ov iarsko Tunnel is a planned highway tunnel in northern Slovakia , between Byt a and ilina , on the Highway D1 Slovakia D1 highway. Currently there is only an exploration gallery, which was driven from 1996 to 1998. The tunnel will be 2 275 m long. The opening date of the tunnel is unknown, although there are plans to open it in 2011. External links http www.highways.sk tunnels OvciarskoE.html Ovciarsko Tunnel coord missing Slovakia DEFAULTSORT Ovciarsko Tunnel Category Tunnels in Slovakia Slovakia struct stub Slovakia transport stub ... more details
The following tunnels are named the Broadway Tunnel Broadway Tunnel San Francisco through Russian Hill Broadway Low level Tunnel through the Berkeley Hills, now known as the Caldecott Tunnel Broadway Tunnel Los Angeles , a former tunnel under Fort Moore Hill Broadway Line disambiguation , several subway tunnels in New York City disambig ... more details
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